Australia election 2025 live: Hastie says he supports women serving in ADF but ‘doesn’t resile’ from previous comments about gender
The shadow defence minister, who previously served in the ADF, said in 2018 that the ‘fighting DNA of a close combat unit is best preserved when it’s exclusively male’. Follow today’s news liveAnywhere but Canberra: Australian voters on what matters to themInteractive guide to electorates in the Australian electionListen to the latest episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaSee all our Australian election 2025 coverageGet our afternoon election email,free app ordaily news podcastO’Neil and Hume in Sunrise spatLabor frontbencher Clare O’Neil and Liberal frontbencher Jane Hume have clashed this morning on their regular Wednesday Sunrise panel.Hume: You’re seriously suggesting you haven’t thrown any mud?O’Neil: Sorry, do you mind if I speak, Jane? Continue reading...

The shadow defence minister, who previously served in the ADF, said in 2018 that the ‘fighting DNA of a close combat unit is best preserved when it’s exclusively male’. Follow today’s news live
- Anywhere but Canberra: Australian voters on what matters to them
- Interactive guide to electorates in the Australian election
- Listen to the latest episode of our new narrative podcast series: Gina
- See all our Australian election 2025 coverage
- Get our afternoon election email,free app ordaily news podcast
O’Neil and Hume in Sunrise spat
Labor frontbencher Clare O’Neil and Liberal frontbencher Jane Hume have clashed this morning on their regular Wednesday Sunrise panel.
Hume: You’re seriously suggesting you haven’t thrown any mud?
O’Neil: Sorry, do you mind if I speak, Jane? Continue reading...